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Mindfulness Meditation Enrichment Group

This group contributes to the development of a community of people interested in fostering mindfulness in their lives and supporting each other in dealing with the inevitable hindrances that come up along the way. The group is open-ended and does not follow any particular program structure. Anyone who has taken the introductory MBSRP or who has experience in mindfulness meditation can join anytime. The group meets every other week in Dr. Treyvaud’s group room, although time, frequency and place of meeting are entirely up to the group to decide. The group is not led by a leader, but focused by a facilitator, who is democratically appointed by the group. A new facilitator must be appointed before the acting facilitator steps down. Anybody who is committed to mindfulness meditation can be a facilitator. Over time, people can take turns being facilitators. Dr. Treyvaud does not participate in these group meetings, unless invited by the group.

The facilitator's role is to ensure that the basic structure of the meeting is respected and to act as a liaison with Dr. Treyvaud's mindfulness-based stress reduction clinic. The basic structure of each meeting consists in at least fifty minutes of formal meditation practice and the chance to verbally process the experiences of mindfulness meditation for as long as the group deems necessary. It is up to the group to decide how to structure the 50 minutes of formal practice and what kind of mindfulness meditations are chosen.

The facilitator is in regular contact with Dr. Treyvaud for the sole purpose of discussing organizational and administrative issues. He or she will not discuss with Dr. Treyvaud any personal issues, which arise during the group meetings. The purpose of the liaison between the facilitator and Dr. Treyvaud is to make sure that this enrichment group remains a mindfulness-based meditation group, and that organizational and administrative needs can be addressed as best as possible.

Doctor-patient confidentiality is completely and absolutely respected. Administrative and organizational issues that the group forwards to Dr. Treyvaud through the facilitator will be responded to and dealt with by either Dr. Treyvaud or his secretary Reena. The facilitator has no access to names, files or any organizational structures of Dr. Treyvaud's practice. It therefore continues to be the responsibility of every individual to contact Dr. Treyvaud directly, if personal issues needed to be addressed.

This group meets every other week for 2 hours on Wednesday nights from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm in Dr. Treyvaud's office on the dates shown in upcoming dates at a glance. There is no fee or remuneration attached to any activity of this enrichment group.

To participate in this group, please contact us for details.